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Photoexcitation in Donor–Acceptor Dyads Based on Endohedral Fullerenes and Their Applications in Organic Photovoltaics

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Fullerenes are popular electron acceptors for their high electron affinity and low reorganization energy . Photoexcitation in endohedral fullerenes (EMFs)-based donor–acceptor dyads have been comprehensively studied in the past decade. Different donor moieties such as ferrocene, exTTF, zinc tetraphenylporphyrine, triphenylamine were successfully used to construct EMF-based donor–acceptor dyads, and the charge/energy transfer mechanisms between versatile donors and EMF acceptors were extensively investigated. Besides, the charge carrier mobility of solid EMFs and applications of EMFs in organic photovoltaics (OPVs) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells were also reviewed.

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The research work was partially supported by National Basic Research Program of China (2011CB921400) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (21132007, 21371164).

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    Jieming Zhen, Qing Liu & Shangfeng Yang

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Zhen, J., Liu, Q., Yang, S. (2017). Photoexcitation in Donor–Acceptor Dyads Based on Endohedral Fullerenes and Their Applications in Organic Photovoltaics. In: Popov, A. (eds) Endohedral Fullerenes: Electron Transfer and Spin. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47049-8_5

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